Liquid fuel gasifier



Oct. l1, 1932. Vl A, FERGUSON 1,881,425

LIQUID FUEL GASIFIER Filed Aug. 26. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l y Izzi/enfer ffel/ .Ajly'zazz Az'ork 1 Oct. 1l, 1932. H. v. A. FERGUSON LIQUID FUEL GASIFIER Filed Aug. 26, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I 6 5 4 au L /r f l iilll i \1 1% M \0 9 @2f A 4 H Vt w, 2M l W /g 4 5 y. Q/// 4 4 90. n if n@ 10 rezafz Zyl/Jazz' Patented Oct. 11, 1932 HERBERT-V. A. FERGUSON, OEBUYFFALO, NSY? YORK LIQUID FUEL eesirrnn Application filed August 26, @127.Y Serial No. 215,663.

This invention relates toa charge forminga portion of hot exhaust gas into the manifold for intermixture with the atomized fuel passl''iiigfinto the engine to impart' heat thereto andmore efficiently vaporize the fuel. Various forms of constructions have also been provided in the prior art for utilizing electricity and other forms of heat generating devices to provide hot spo-ts, and the like for heating the charges of fuel passing through the carburetor or intake manifold in order to increase the vaporization of the fuel so that greater efliciency` in the operation of'an in-v ternal combustion engine may be obtained.

Some of these devices use the heat of combustion of vaporized fuel charges for intermixture With the charge from a carburetor to supply the main operating charge for the engine in which the combustion gases radiate heat in the mixture as they pass into the cylinder.

All of these various methods of pre-heating the gasolene andvapor before entry into an internal combustion engine have substantial i disadvantages and ineliicieneies which are Well known in .the art.x rlhey are principally deficient in that'they reduce the amountot combustib-le charge by intermixtureofconr bustion gases therewith, or 1n the case of'hot ispots or heating devices for the carburetor and manifold suficient heat is not absorbed by the gases passing into theengine to materially aid the combustibility and Vvaporiza-v tionthereof. As a result an increase in cth!v -ciency of a proper degree is not usually ob? tained with these` devices-and it istherefore" not economical to equip internal combustion engines with them in view of the provision of additional parts Which require main- Ztenance and adjustment;

This invention is designed to overcome numerous of these difficulties had'vvithl previous devicesK and at the'same time to mate-` rially increase the efficiency of operationf'of an internal combustion engine andto economize in the use of fuel by obtaining amore highly vaporized and combustible fuel charge7 at the same time providing a structure which Will increase the ease of starting andleliiciency of operation in cold Weather when the usual fuels, such as now u'sed,'r do not readily vaporize; This inventionisl further designed and found to provide fuel economy over the various speed ranges ofautomobiles and especially at high speeds Where carburetors are usually ineficient, and to supply proper fuel mixtures for. quick acceleration under loads.

To this end, this invention provides a charge forming apparatus in Which a' primary charge for operating an'. internal com-y bustion engine obtained from 'aprimary carbureting device While a secondary atomized charge is obtained from a secondary car- Y bureting device following Which it isignited by suitable means and immediately Withdrawn through a passage of small diameter With respect to the ignition chamberand inter-mixed with the primary charge from the primary carbureting device', the burning of the fuel being quenched in passing lthrough the reduced passage With-the aid ofthe suetion of the engine so vas to prevent the formation ofa charge of combustion gas but Avvhich Will be suiicient by incipient ignition. to change the vaporized secondary charge' into a gaseous form and generate'a substantial amount of heat. This hot gas charge When intermixedwith the vaporized charge from the primary carburetor Will more completely vapori/ue and heat this primaryy charge ask it passes intothe internal combustion engine and in addition supplies a highly ignitable gas intermixed throughout the vaporized primary charge and when compressed in theV internal combustion engine, it Will' form an operating charge of a more quickly burning Y character in Which the rate of detonatioii is materially increased. By reason of the quickly burning character of this charge it will generate more power and have substantially complete combustion in the cylinder so that little waste gas is discharged from the engine and thereby effect fuel economy.

This invention provides a method of forming a charge for internal combustion engines which includes the formation of two vapor: ized fuel charges in separated chambers or conduits with the subsequent incipient ignition of one charge and its immediate choking and quenching with immediate intermixture with the other charge which aids in the quenching of the first chargeV and absorbs the heat thereof to form a combined vaporized and gasiiied fuel charge of a highly combustible and quick burning character.

The invention further provides an apparatus which may be incorporated into a carburetor structure and which may also be constructed in the form of an attachment for use with present types of carbureting devices on internal combustion engines, and adapted for ready attachment to the carburetors and intake manifolds in a manner in which the combination will efficiently operate to carry out the features of this invention.

The invention comprehends numerous other objects resulting from the method and apparatus employed, which are all more particularly pointed out in the following description and claims directed to the preferred form of construction, it being understood however that various developments in modification and design of the structure and relation of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as herein set forth.

In the drawings forming part of this ap plication;

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an internal combustion engine vshowing the carburetor device and intake manifold with the presentv invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the intake manifold and carburetor and the present invention taken approximately on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, parts of the carburetor being shown in elevation;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2'

Fig. 4 is 4--4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a vertical substantially enlarged sectional view through the metering et unit, parts being broken away to particularly illustrate the fuel filter in said nozzle member and the manner in which it is supported by the plug forming the closure for a sediment trap;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view through a slightly different form of choke member showing a construction for attachment to carburetors where the outlet from the ignition chamberV is offset relative to the flange on the carburetor andintake manifold;

7 l n a sectional view taken on line able type, such as is now Well known in the art, is indicated at 1 which is provided as usual with the intake manifold 2 having a depending portion 3 provided with a flange 4 on the lower end thereof to which is usually secured the flange 5 of the carburetor 6. rllhe carburetor has the usual float chamber 7 and the air intake 8 which is usually connected to the flexible conduit 9 extending to a suitable air ieating device attached to the eX- haust manifold in any of the usual structures now used. A fuel supply line 10 extends from a suitable vacuum tank 11 to the bottom of the lioat chamber 7 inthe usual marc ner. The mixing chamber of the carburetor is indicated at 12 which may be of any suitable type well known in the art, the structural relation shown being merely for the purpose of illustration.

- The present invention provides the addi-A tion, to this usual charge forming structure for an internal combustion engine, of a spacer member 13 adapted to be positioned between the anges 4 and 5 and secured in liquid tight relation therebetween through the use of the usual securing bolts. The central portion of this member is provided with an opening 14 of a size corresponding to the passage through the intake manifold and having the central portion enlarged as indie cated at 15 to aid in the mixing of the pri.- mary and secondary fuel charges in a manner which will be hereafter described.

A secondary charge forming device includes a bodykmember formed of the s-ections 16 and 17 mounted preferably in vertically alined relation as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The section 16 of the body forms an ignition or gasifying chamber, and is connected by the choke member 18 so that the interior of the section 16 communicates with. the intake manifold. The member 18 is threaded into the spacing member 13 and is attached to the section 16 through the means of the threaded nipple 19 carried by section 16 and the coupling members 2O securing the swa ged end of the pipe 18 in liquid tight engagement With the end of the nipple 19 as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Any other means of connecting the ignition chamber to the intake manifold may be used if desired, such as a straight pipe connection threaded in the section and the spacing member or by the offset construction as shown in Fig. 6.

The upper end of the section 16 of the body member has a threaded opening for receiving and mounting the spark plug 21 in liquid tight relation therein so that the sparking points of theplug in the assembled'relation: otthe parts lie slightly above the horizontal plane ofthe choke member 18. The section. 16 is formed with an annular laterally projecting flange Q2 opposite to the nipplelt); and its mounting in the section 16, while:A the wall of the chamber is provided with asight opening 23 arranged in concentric relation with the flange 22 and of smaller diameter, this sight opening being covered by the Sight glass 24 so as to close the chamber irom communication with the outside atmosphere in the normal operation of the apparatus. suitable sleeve 25 engaging packingwashers 26 when orced into the sleeve extension 22 ei'lectively seals the joint between the sight glass 24 and the edge portion orp the sight opening 23 so as to prevent leakage;

The lower end ot section 16 of the body is closed by the transverse wall 27 lying in the same plane as the outwardly extendingflange 2301i the lower-'end of the section. The bot-v tom of the section 16 is provided with recess 29 in which is placed the breaker screen 30 while the angular shoulder 31 receives the gasket 32 to form a liquid tight joint with the opposed end of the section 17 when the flange 33 thereoic is engaged with the flange 23 and secured thereto bysuitable screws or the like 34. @ne or more breaker screens may be used as desired. rlhe transverse wall 27 is formed with a plurality or" jet openings 35 which are of small diameter at their upper ends and have counter-sunk portions 36 at their lower ends so that they will effectively operate to cause complete atomization of fuel passing.therethrough with the air. These openings are arranged in a substantial starshape as indicated in Fig. 3, this being found to produce better results than other arrangements which have been used. An Vair bypassv 37 is mounted in one side of the trans verse wall as shown in Fig. 2 and projects downwardly through the screen 30 and into the passage 38 provided in the section 17 of the body so as to permit by-passing of air from the chamber 39 in the section 17 to the ignition chamber 40 ot section 16 for mixture with the atomized fuel from the openings 35.

The by-pass 37 terminates above the upper face of transverse wall 27 so that any excess liquid fuel will tend to ilow through the jet openings and will be acted on by the air drawn through said openings and be vi-- porized thereby.

rlhe upper end of the section 17 is formed with a plurality ot concentrically arranged ledges v41 arranged in stepped relation as clearlyv shown in F 2 while the central p0rtion below the ledges mounts the air tube 42 extending through the air-chamber 39 and terminating in adjacent spaced relation to the bottom thereof.v A suitable air passage 43 is termed adjacent to the tube 42 inthe upper end o'f section 17 to permit air to com.-

' able supply municatel :withff the. stepped-.ledges I41; for aA purpose which-'will 4presently;appear;-

The bottemf of i the` section` l17 is provided with afth'readed openingdetachably receivingthe metering j etwunit 44 Fhaving the sediment trap .45ormed in. the lowerV end thereof and closed :bythe1pl.ug45f. Thezu-pper end comev municatesswitlrtheimetering 1j et-g46 extending' upwardly intok the.I air@ tubef 42; :inK concentric `relation randeterminatingyinith'e central pore tion ot: the:y length-1 of: said tubeasf clearlyV shoWninf'F-igJQ. Aitlrreadedprojection havingv a central borecommuncatingpwith the sedimentftrap. isin dieatedf at `'.47 yand-'formed on-the metering :jet unit'orffreceivin-gycoin nec/tion` ofl the fuel supply conduits 48s at tach'ed .thereto `by the `nutf49 "in any .suitable manner` welll know-rrl in the art.l- L This, fuelsupply pipe 48: at its oppositeend isv attached to the float chamber -7 ofl the lcarburetor soias to. supply fuel to thefmetering' etiurtit, the level ofwhich is :controlled by. the: level-ot' the liquid .fuel in they carburetor-as indicated at 50; The: bodymember is. alwaysset in a: predeterminedy .relation with@ .the carburetor so that the. proper fuel level may be. obtained in the meteringjet.- The pipe sectionl is threaded into Vtheside portionvot section .-17 atthe'upper endthereof and'has a.l ilexible tube 53 Iconnected thereto and to'the'air in'- take 8 ofthe carburetorsoas toobtain a suitl otheated .air for admissioninto the air chamber'39offsection 17. A suitable springcopened valve 54@ as` shownfinz Eig. .8, maybe operated innany` suitable; manner to controltheamount of 'air passed `through the pipeV section .51 which is uSeulinstarting an internal combustion'. engine eopuipped with this invention: during cold Weather. In this connection it is.- tobe-understoodthat `the air intake for the chamber 39 maybe'connected at a suitable place' with the intake yfor hot air inv advance; of` the.l carburetor or may be an entirely separate intakeif desired.

The spark Vplug 21 is provided with copper sparking-terminals 55iniviewof 'the greater wear or-` load .which-f is placed .thereon inthe operation of." the invention as it has been found that copper'terminals do: not burn or oXidizev as readily as terminals of other material. y

With particular reference-to Eig.. 5. it will be noted that'a fll-teringfsereenis indicated at 56 whichl .islmounted in the; sediment trap 45' of the metering nozzleunitwhiche is supported inposition Abythe-pin: 5.7 to which. the central'portion of the screen is suitably -connected at tlieupperend, While the lower end of the pin 57" is supported in an'opening formed inthe plug 45. This will prevent any foreign matter from getting in themetering nozzle which might tend to clog the small open-ing -in the: upper end thereof.

The above describedconstructon carries l out the method othi-s invention in cooperation with the carbureting device `6 andthe intake manif0ld2. This improved method of forming a charge consists in obtaining a main charge of atomized fuel'froni the usual carburetor '6 by the suctionV of the engine through the intake manifold. With the same suction in the intake manifold acting through the choke member 18 vand through the body composed of the assembled sections 16 and 17,

air is drawn through the pipe section 51 and f the flexible pipe 53 into the ,air chamber 39. This air. in `the chamber 39,is then sucked through the tube 42 as Well `as kthe pipel andA passage 43 and subsequently passes linto the ignition chamberf40. In passing through the tube 42 the air moving upwardly exertsa suction to draw fuel from the metering nozzle 46 which travels upwarly and strikes the screen 30 where it is broken up into finally divided form, and with the air passes through the jet openings 85 so that the air and the fuel is finally mixed to providea vaporous mixture. The air passing through the passage 43 aids inthe vaporization and atomization of the fuel passing through the screen 30 and the jet openings. Any excess liquid fuel that may be withdrawn from the jet nozzle 4G will drop downwardly onto the ledges 41 and the air through the passage 43 together with that passing through tube 42 will aid'in vaperizing this free fuel: A further charge of air is admitted throughthe pipe 87 into the ignition chamber where it becomes intermixed withthe vaporized fuel from the et openings 35. The air andvaporized fuel is drawn upwardly through the ignition chamber by the suction of the engine acting through choke member 18, and as it reaches the top of this chamber is ignited by the spark from spark plug 21 which startsnignition of the mixture. Immediately as the mixture begins to burn after its ignition by the spark, it is dra-wn bythe suction of the engine into the choke tube 18 where the action of burning is quenched to a considerable degree especially in view ofthe existence of suction or vacuum tending to reducev combustion rather than promote it. As this. burning gas under this choking action is then drawn into the intake manifoldat the enlarged portion 15 .of the spacing member it is distributed around the spacing member 'in this enlarged portion to mix with the primary charge of vaporizcd fuel coming :from the main carbureting device 6 which cooperates to finally choke and quench any remaining flame and prevent burning of the ignited charge of secondary fuel coming from the section A16.

VThe partial ignition and molecular decomposition of the secondary fuel charge generated in the body member which is immediately lquenched generates a substantial heat, causes a reaction in the vaporized mixtureresulting in the gasifying of the mixture. This gasifying produces a more highly combustible 'gas vand not gaseous products of combustion; that is, the partial and molecular decomposition produced by incipient ignition and immediate quenching of the secondary charge or mixture produces principally a gaseous, highly explosive fuel Vwith a large tolerance between the upper and lower explosive limits, and heat, while only a trace of products of combustion is present. As this combustible gaseous charge enters the intake manifold and becomes `intermixed with the primary vaporized charge from the main carbureting device it heats and more thoroughly vaporizes the primary charge, the heat being absorbed by the mixture of the primary and secondary charges as they pass throughthe'intake manifold. As a result of mixing heated highly combustible gases, that is, gases which when mixed with air over a very wide range of composition will detonate when so admixed and subjected to an igniting influence a charge is formed for an internal combustion engine which consists of a highly atomized portion of fuel and a gasilied portion intimately intermixed 'therewith which vwhen compressed in the cylinder forms a highly combustible mixture which will burn more rapidly and with greater efficiency than the ordinary vaporized mixtures obtained from the types of carb ureting and charge forming devices in present use. rThis mixture results in a substantially complete burning of all of its contents so that there is little waste which passes into the exhaust and therefore a maximum portion of the fuel is convertedv into useful power resulting in a considerable saving in fuel, thereby effecting economy in operation of an internal combustion engine and at the saine time increasing the efficiency of operation of the engine.

This method of preparing a charge for an internal combustion engine has been found to materially accelerate the detonat-ion of the charge in the engine cylinder, or increase the rate of propagation of flame through the charge in thecylinder as compared `with the detonation wave or rate of propagation of the flame with an ordinary compressed vaporized fuel charge of any of the types now used in gasoline operated internal combustion engines. This result is obtained through this method by means of the wide explosive limits of the combustible gas intermixed with the vaporized fuel formingthe charge pro vided for the engine by this invention. The explosive limits of mixtures supplied to internal combustion engines have an important control on the efficiency of operation thereof. For example, ordinary gasoline as now used in internal combustion engines will not burn when mixed with air, if the amount of gasoline is less than six percent perunit of mixture, or more than twelve per cent. As aresult, gasoline has a relatively small used in a mixture `-with air varying ffrom.

sixteen and five tenths; per cent to seventyfour and ninety-live hundredths percent of gas in the mixtureand yet'eicient combustion may be obtained. 'Io obtaina combustible mixture ofhydrogen and 'air-we may have a` percentage of. hydrogen in the unixture varying from nine and'forty-five hundredths per cent to sixty-six and four tenths per cent and withwater -a variation of from twelve and four tenths per cent to-sixtysix and seventy-live'hundredthsl per cent of `gas in the mixture. .From this `it-will be seen that carbon monoxide, hydrogen and -water gas have substantially wide explosive limits in admixture withair as compared togaso* line, as a result of which itis obvious that a mixture of agas havin-gfwide explosive limits in an atomiZ-ed or vaporized charge of gasoline having relatively limited explosive limits, the detonation -value ofV these `r `gases having wide explosive limits and consequently, a more rapid detonationthangasoline, produces a much more desirable charge for operating an internal combustion engine.

The, present inventionand method for preparing a fuel charge uses this variable mixture ofgases, because in the ignition' chamber of the secondary charge forming .'device, the incipient ignition of the-secondaryfuel mixture, mayhave a proportion `of -air and gasoline in vaporizedform, ust beyond either of the combustion limits of gasolinel as above described; so that upon ignition,- Aa molecular decomposition of the atomizedmixtureis obtained which will form carbon monoxide, liydrogen,watcr gas, or amixture ofone or more of` these gases, together i withtheheat formed bythe-decomposition. AVif-hen vthis is mixed with the primary `vaporfized fue] charge` fromv thevv prim ary carburetingdevice it will not only heat the primary charge but will intermix with this primary chargecand more completelyvaporize4 thessame. .'In addition, asmall portion of water or wate'r vapor iswgeneratcd i-n the partial ignition -or decomposition of the--secondary1fuel charge when the incipient ignition takes place, which'will also aid in admixture -withthe primary fuel charge and the gaseous products ofthe decomposition offthe secondary fuel charoe,'in-providing a fmixtureforf the operation ofthe internal combustion yengine in which under the high temperatures of operation of the engine,:thiswater vaporwill materially aid inv preventing the formation of carbon deposits, byemeans of .the well known water gas reaction. -As va-result this will aid in generating combustible gases which may f be `carbonI monoxide and: hydrogen, and therebyv preventing the deleterious explosive limits ina mixture with air pro-v vides a highly explosive medium which, when entering-and compressed in an engine cylinder, thoroughly intermixesthroughout the entire primary chargeyand by means-of its almost spontaneous dctonation by the usual sparking device in the engine cylinder, it immediately propagates the liame to the entire 'charge inthe cylinder, materially increasing the rate of detonation of the mixture so that complete combustionwill take y place l `before any appreciable movement y of the piston downwardly on its power stroke, or=atleast -a considerably-less amount ofmotion` of the piston Vas compared-with its movement duringthe fuseof -a vslow burning. mixture-fof 'gasoline r`and air obtained bythe present @methods ofY carburetion in. gasolinefoperated Y internaly combustion engines. A

This action of forming the secondary charge may be observed .in the operation .of

-an-in-ternal combustion engine equippedw-ith .f

the invention through the ysight glass .24. Observation through' this vglass for varying -speedsof operation yof-an internal combustion Aengine show various colors of light-within the ignition chamber. f For normal operation of an internal combustion engine atvarying speeds wit-hout `,quick zacceleration. the color or 1 light in the ignition chamber observed through the glass is sky blue or a veryA light aand delicate shade' of f-blue. AWith anengine operating at a `slow speed and where the throttle is suddenly opened. forV quvick-acceleration the light observed through the vglass 24 -will change vfrom this, light blue color to-a yellowand red. In some cases, such ,as Lwhenslowing downTv the speedfof an engine: from a high speed to a low speed it has `been lobserved that the light will changey from a light. blue color to a darkerblueand-f-occasionally lavender or. purple. Inthe operation.of vthis-invention itis noted that the sight glass 24 is usually moist ontheinside -during the observationI of the Yvarious. colors .of light observedf therethrough.

, In operating the same automobile equipped --with andV without` this inventionV fortest-purposes it was found that the fuel consumption ofthe engine -varied iwith the speed. In yoperating the engine` without the. invention, thefuel consumption at low speed-increased .to a maximum when idlingand-rapidly decreased up to a speed of-approximately fifteen miles "an hour following which theconsumptionY remains substantially the samef or,.fg`rad- -ually vdecreased up'tothirty-five'mi'les an -ciently between speeds of fifteen and thirtyfive miles per hour. Y

With this inventionr applied to the same automobilev in the manner as illustrated in the drawings the idling jet' of the carburetor .TIO

was eliminated and the engine idled-on the secondary fuel charge supplied through the choke member, it being found that the 'fuel consumption was considerably reduced over that required in operating the engine or the Carburetor of the engine alone as above described.4 W ith the increasing of speed of the engine the fuel consumption very quickly reduced to a greater extent at a speed of `fifteen miles an hour than operationen the carburetor alone, and also gradually increased up to thirty live miles an hour and continued at substantially the same consumption or a slight increase over the remaining increased speed ranges of' the motor. During these tests the colorV observations above. described were made and as a result therfuel consumption curves show marked eficiency in operation of the engine and'fuel consumption at low'speeds and at higher speeds over the carburetion regularly provided on the motor tested which was one of the late Buick models. It also showed economy of fuel over the intermediate speed range in comparison with the carburetor alone which functioned more efficiently at this int rmediate speed range between fifteen and thirty `live miles per hour. Y o i In the operation of the engine it was found that the engine would develop a greater percentage of power over all speeds and also at varying speeds and that it would pick up speed quicker with this invention. appliec, than without. This is due to the formation by this apparatus of a charge which-ignites and burns more readily, faster and more completely than the ordinary vaporized fuel of a similar grade. This invention provides a `structure which permits a quick get-away through the quick pick-up in speed with'this invention applied, than with the ordinary carburetor. The use of the invention on an automobile at varyingtemperatures results in showing that it will readily start` under all conditions which is believed to result from the formation of the heated gaseous charge in the ignition chamber 110 which heats and vaporizes the charge obtained from the carburetor.

It is to be understood that this construction as shown in Fig. 2 for the formation of the secondary charge may be well embodied in the carburetor structure so that the carburetor and thesecondary charge forming device may be made in one unit which will replace the ordinary carburetor as now used. When constructed in the manner as illustrated in the drawings it forms a structure which is readily attachablein cooperation -with the [various types of carburetors in present use without modifying the construction thereof. Where the construction of the carburetor provides a joint between the-carburetor and the intake manifold at a level lower or higher than the nipple 19 on the secondary charge forming device and in view of the required mounting of the device at a predetermined relation with respect to the float chamber'to obtain the proper level of fuel in the nozzle 46, there is provided a modified form of choke member from that Y shown in Fig. 2 which is illustrated in detail in Figs. 6 and. This choke member is indicated at 6() and is in the form of a cast block member' 61 having Voffset extensions 62 and 63 at opposite sides thereof. Vrlhis block member is provided with a bore 64 entending through the extensions 62 and 63 and communicating within the block member. The ends of the'extensions 62 and 63 are threaded for engagement in the section 16 of the secondary charge forming device and i y'under suction in the intake manifold that a suction is created in thisv curved portion which aids in maintaining suction in the choke member 18 and also in distributing the charge received fro-m the choke member more evenly for mixture with the charge in the intake manifold.

In the operation of this invention over a period of approximately eight months in the usual use of anV automobile it was found that no carbon or other deposit' was formed in the ignition chamber or the choke member and that no carbon deposit was formed in the cylinders of the motor but only a light, soft, oily substance in the form of a thin film in the cylinders which could be easily wiped off further feature of this invention which is important in its operation is the relation of the air passage 37 at the opposite side of the ignition chamber from the choke member as a result of which air admitted through the passage 37 has a tendency to travel upwardly along the outer side of the ignition chamber and then curve to the right as shown in Fig. 2 across the spark plug and into the choke member as a result of which it has been found that a better operation of the device is obtained than With this passage placed in other locations. It is also of advantage to have the passage 43 directly adjacent to the connection of the nipple 5l for the air intake to the secondary carbureting device as shown in Fig. 2. If desired, it is to be understood that the jet unit 44 may be constructed for suitable adjustment in the section 17 to vary the level of fuel in the metering jet 46.

What is claimed is:

l. A liquid fuel gasilier, comprising a mixing chamber having a liquid fuel inlet and air inlet on one side and an atomized liquid fuel and air mixture outlet on another side, a divider in said mixing chamber including a perforated transverse Wall and a screensecured to opposite sides of said chamber, a liquid fuel vaporizing and gasifying chamber at one side of said mixing chamber, said mixture outlet communicating with one end thereof, and a sparking device and a gas outlet at the opposite end of said vaporizing and gasifying chamber.

2. A liquid fuel gasifier, comprising a mixing chamber having an inlet for raw liquid fuel and air, and an outlet for atomized fuel, a tube communicating With said mixing chamber, a liquid fuel supply jet arranged Within and spaced from said tube, a vaporizing and gasifying chamber having the outlet from said mixing chamber communicating with one end thereof and having an outlet for gas at the opposite end thereof, and a sparking device arranged in said Vaporizing and gasifying chamber.

3. A liquid fuel gasifier, comprising a mixing chamber having an inlet for raw liquid fuel and air, and an outlet for atomized liquid fuel, a tube communicating with said mixing chamber inlet, a liquid fuel supply jet arranged axially Within and spaced from said tube, an air inlet chamber surrounding said tube, a vaporizing and gasifying chamber having the outlet for atomized fuel from said mixing chamber communicating therewith, said vaporizing and gasifying chamber having an outlet for gas, and a sparking device arranged in said vaporizing and gasifying chamber.

4. A liquid fuel gasifer, comprising a mixing chamber having an inlet for raw liquid fuel and air, and an outlet for atomized fuel, a siphon tube communicating With said mixing chamber inlet, a liquid fuel supply jet arranged Within and spaced from said siphon tube, an air inlet chamber surrounding said siphon tube and jet and provided With an air inlet communicating With said siphon tube, a supply nipple mounted in the bottom of said air chamber and carrying said jet, a vaporizing and gasifying chamber having an outlet for gas and having the outlet from said mixing chamber communicating there- With, and a sparking device arranged in said vaporizing and gasifying chamber.

5. A liquid fuel gasilier, comprising a mixing chamber having an inlet for raw liquid fuel and air, and an outlet for atomized fuel, a tube communicating with said mixing chamber inlet, a liquid fuel supply jet arranged axially Within and spaced from sai d tube to provide an air passage around said jet, an air chamber around said tube and jet provided With an air inlet communicating with said tube, a supply nipple communicating With said jet and provided with a liquid fuel inlet, a vaporizing and gasifying chamber having an outlet for gas, said outlet for the mixing chamber having communication With said vaporizing and gasifying chamber, and a sparking device arranged in said vaporizing and gasifying chamber.

6. A liquid fuel gasilier, comprising a mixing chamber having an inlet for ravv liquid fuel and air, and an outlet for atomized fuel, a tube communicating With said mixing chamber inlet, a liquid fuel supply et Within and spaced from said tube, anair chamber surrounding said tube and jet and provided Withan air inlet communicating With said tube, a supply nipple on said supply chamber communicating With said jet and provided With a liquid fuel inlet, a screw plug on the lovver end of said nipple, a vaporizing and gasifying chamber having an outlet for gas, said outlet for said mixing chamber communicating With said vaporizing and gasifying chamber, and a sparking device in said vaporizing and gasfying chamber.

HERBERT V. A. FERGUSON.

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